| 单词 | marooning season |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmarooning season 2. The action or practice of going on a maroon party (see maroon n.2 2). Chiefly attributive in marooning party, marooning season. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun] > type of summering1606 campaign1748 shoemaker's holiday1768 water-party1771 marooning1773 maroon1779 junket1814 pleasure cruise1837 straw ride1856 camp1865 pleasure cruising1880 hanami1891 mystery tour1926 mystery trip1931 awayday1972 gimmick1998 1773 J. R. Forster Resol. Jrnl. 7 May (1982) II. 271 The manner of living on a marooning party. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World I. i. v. 165 It may be curious to know the nature of our marooning parties [in New Zealand], as our seamen called them. 1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 425 She is very much missed here at all times, and will be still more so when the marooning season begins. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 411 Two lads..had returned..from a ‘marooning party’, with a boat-load of venison [etc.]. 1874 Appletons' Jrnl. 24 Oct. 529/1 The ten minutes following were the most unpleasant..time in all our August marooning. 1975 P. Albury Story of Bahamas xxii. 221 They..went on all day ‘marooning’ parties to nearby islands and danced till dawn. < as lemmas |
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